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Madeira's Best of 2012

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This year we hadn't much of a fantastic traffic around but, still there are a few planes and moments that deserve some highlight, above the remaing traffic... For me, the best moment of 2012 must have been, for sure, the oportunity to visit and photograph, for the first time, the cockpit of a Portuguese Air Force C-130 (16806) and adding to that, it was also the first time I photographed it in the new NATO grey livery... Check it HERE By the end of September Air Berlin brought D-ABDB, an hybrid with the OLT Express livery. A really nice one! Check that traffic HERE Continuing with Air Berlin...in April, they brought the first A330 of the summer Season, D-AERQ Check the entries regarding this HERE An highlight also for the first (and only, until now...) A330 of the winter 2012 season for Air Berlin, D-ALPG Check the entry and pics HERE Air Nostrum also brought us some news. It's not a new company around but, this year they made the first flights fr

A quickie, Saturday afternoon

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I've been wanting to get the Saturday afternoon traffic for some time. Last Saturday, made a quick 15 minutes stop at the airport, luckily enought at the right time to get the departure of one Lufthansa, the arrival of another and the departure of one of the NAX (Norwegian) flights... Lufthansa's A320 D-AIZH taking off from runway 23 with the F/O filming It's been quite a few months since I last photographed a NAX. LN-NGD getting ready to push-back ...and the take-off with Ponta de S.Lourenço in the back The arrival of D-AIZK, the second Lufthansa of the day A couple of nationals: A319 CS-TTO and A320 CS-TQD

Santa came to town...

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Yesterday finally, Air Berlin's Santa Claus tour came to town, at Madeira... After last year it "forgot" coming to Madeira, despite we're all very well behaved chaps around here, this year we managed to get a place in Santa's list ;)  The first Air Berlin of the day was A321's D-ABCA, landing on 05 under what seemed to be a glorious morning of sun... Unfortunatelly, the sun and blue sky went behind clouds and some rain, rather quickly... Not the best weather to receive Santa's...arriving by lunch time, from Nuremberg... D-ABMJ landing on runway 05 and, in the very good spirit of the season.... a rather vivid version of the theme song ;)

Back in time...

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This week was playing around with some pics taken on last vacations and it doesn't look too bad... Hope you like it too...a couple of Curtiss P-40 Warkhawks (replicas)...

Primera

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It's been quite a while since I last caught a Primera (according to my records, since January...) Wasn't even expecting this one (positioned flight) ... OY-PSF entering apron, through taxiway "Charlie" Crew in relax mode with walkaround clothes (like I said, positioned flight...) with the F/O filming the arrival at Madeira

It's a no go....

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Looks like the TAP Portugal privatization went to a rejected take-off as the Portuguese Goverment, decided not to sell the airline to the only contestant, the Synergy Group, held by German Efromovich... Let's wait for further developments in the matter...

Morning Tuiflys

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Yesterday decided to go for some morning shots as one of the Tuifly planes was the Blue Haribo (D-AHFM). Unfortunatelly, the weather was quite dark...anyway, at least runway 23 was in use, wich meant the possibility of getting some interesting shots on the take-offs Lucky shot with D-AHFY beacons on, right after take-off

Top at Jetphotos

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One of the great things about spotting at  Madeira is that you have lots and lots of places that provide many kinds of shots for a plane spotter (even if usually I use the same ones...) There was this spot I had been wanting to try for quite while...last weekend went for it.... It didn't turned out exactly as I wanted but, someday will give it another try, earlier in the night... Anyway, it managed to get to Jetphotos TopShots of the last 24H... Sata's A320 CS-TKJ landing at Madeira's runway 05

Foto da Semana: Visitando o CS-DPA

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Esta semana tive a excelente oportunidade de visitar o CS-DPA, o Hawker 900XP da Madjet. Era algo que andava curioso para fazer há já algum tempo... (obrigado! ) Foi sem dúvida uma bela estreia (e em vários sentidos...hehe) Esta winglet fica muito "fish", frente a uma fish-eye... As fotos do cockpit foram feitas com a "árvore de natal" completamente acesa! Digam lá se não há qualquer coisa de belo num cockpit destes... guess where... E ainda acabei "atropelado"...:) ...e completamete passado a ferro...lol outra perspectiva do cockpit... Bela aeronave, sem dúvida! Mais uma vez, obrigado por tudo! Grande abraço!